The former Yungaburra sawmill (approx 70 kms from Cairns) contains a small
workshop in which there remains a quantity of belt driven machinery (some
possibly dating from pre WW2) but all in working order, at least until just
before Cyclone Larry hit in March 2006. The site is heritage listed. The
building in which they are currently housed is now structurally unsound.

The owners are planning to redevelop the site and are seeking a suitable
home for the workshop contents. In addition to two lathes (one >2 m long),
an airblower, and a small saw there are numerous old storage cupboards, hand
tools, mounds of Œspare parts¹ by way of nuts, bolts and associated ephemera
associated with the maintenance workshop and blacksmith¹s shop. There are
some water damaged documents and manuals. It is envisaged that the
structurally unsound timber frame workshop will be demolished in the next
few months, thus completing the task Cyclone Larry was unable to do as it
tore through the site.

The equipment is available, subject to consent of the Queensland Heritage
Council, on an Œas is where is¹ basis to a suitable museum. The owner has
indicated a a willingness to help load the equipment.

If anyone is interested in further information they should contact me
(details below) to discuss the Œcollection¹ (which is unregistered and
uncatalogued) in more detail.

Sincerely,


Gordon Grimwade


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Gordon Grimwade & Associates,
Heritage Consultants,
PO Box 9,
Yungaburra, Queensland, 4884

Phone 07 4095 3737
Fax 07 4095 2117
Mobile 0419 677 022
E mail <gga at austarnet.com.au>
Website <www.gga.com.au>

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